Adams Clock tower, Tunstall Park.
Erected in 1907, the clock tower commemorates William Adams, a prominent pottery manufacturer in Tunstall. The Adams family operated the Greengates and Greenfield potteries amongst others. Panels around ...
Adams Clock Tower, Victoria Park, Tunstall
Erected in 1907, the clock tower commemorates William Adams, a prominent pottery manufacturer in Tunstall. The Adams family operated the Greengates and Greenfield potteries amongst others. Panels around ...
Aerial View of Trentham Gardens,
Aerial view of Trentham Gardens showing the lake, Italian gardens and ballroom.
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the ...
Aqualate Hall and Grounds,
The original Aqualate Hall was built for Edwin Skrymsher in the early seventeenth century. Sir John Boughey bought the house in the late eighteenth century and commissioned John Nash to rebuild it in ...
Berry Hill from Fenton Park
This was the view north from Fenton Park towards Berry Hill Colliery spoil tip. just to the right are the chimneys and buildings of Slater's brickworks alongside Berry Hill marl pit. In the distance ...
Birthday Greetings Card
Birthday greetings card with flowers and a view of Queen's Park, Crewe, Cheshire. Photographed and designed by William Blake of Longton.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his ...
Bowling Green and Pavilion, Hednesford
A Frith's postcard from showing the bowling green and pavilion in Hednesford Park. The park was opened in 1931 on the site of Hednesford's pool. The woodland behind on the edge of Hednesford Hills is ...
Bowling Green and Pavilion, Hednesford Park
A Frith's postcard from showing the bowling green and pavilion in the Hednesford Park. Tennis courts are located behind the pavilion. The park was opened in 1931 on the site of Hednesford's pool.
Photograph ...
Bowling Green, Cheadle
A bowls match in progress at the Bowling Green in Cheadle's Memorial Recreation Ground on Tean Road. The building behind the pavilion is Cheadle Park Mansion which was demolished in 1979. The Recreation ...
Bowling Green, Cheadle
A bowls match taking place on the bowling green in Cheadle's Memorial Recreation Ground on Tean Road. In the background is the bowls pavilion.
Postcard published by R A (Postcards) Ltd of London.
Bowling Green, Victoria Park, Stafford
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station were marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was laid out as Victoria ...
Bowling Greens, Bucknall Park
Bucknall Park lies between Heath House Lane and the River Trent, just north of Finney Gardens. The park dates back to 1956 when nearly 17 acres of land was laid out with sports facilities, a pavilion ...
Bowling in Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
Park scene including a bowling green and bowlers. Taken at Longton Park, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 ...
Brough Park and the Nicholson Institute, Leek
A view of the Nicholson Institute from Brough Park. The Nicholson Institute was presented to the town by Joshua Nicholson, a silk manufacturer, as a monument to Richard Cobden, the zealous campaigner ...
Brough Park Fishpond, Leek
Fishing in the pond with homemade fishing rods of sticks and string and jam-jars was a popular pastime for young boys in Leek. The pond was formerly part of the gardens of Ball Haye Hall.
The park ...
Brough Park, Leek
The park is so called after William Spooner Brough gave ten and a half acres of his Ball Haye estate to the town in 1913. The size of the park grew to 21 acres in 1921 when Joseph Tatton donated another ...
Bucknall Park
The view westwards from Bucknall Park looking over the Trent Valley and towards Northwood. The Biddulph Valley and Leek branch railway line runs across the left of the photograph, in front of the houses ...